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Ethnicity, Language, & Religion of Antigua & Barbuda

Ethnicity

Nearly all of Antigua & Barbuda's population
is ethnically African. These people today are generally the
descendants of slaves so their actual origin is debatable as each individual may
be from an entirely different ethnic background. However, most of the slaves who
arrived to these islands were Yoruba or Igbo, meaning they are from the modern countries
of Nigeria and Benin. There is a small number of people that are entirely of European
origin, but this is a very small minority. Additionally, there are people who are
a combination of ethnically African, European, and/or American Indian.

Language

English is the only official language of Antigua &
Barbuda as most people on the islands natively speak English. Many of the
English speakers on the islands have heavy local dialects which vary from one to
the next. These accents are also quite different from the accent of larger English-speaking
countries and more closely reflect the accent in nearby Caribbean nations.

Over three quarters of Antigua & Barbuda's
population is Protestant in some form; the largest of these groups being Anglican,
which makes up a quarter of the total population, Seventh-Day Adventists, and Pentecostal.
Another 16% is also Christian, including the Roman Catholics, who make up about
10% of the population.

Protestantism is a general term referring to nearly every Christian religion that
is not Catholic or Orthodox. Like all Christian faiths, Protestants believe there
is one God and that His son, Jesus is the savior and forgiver of sins. Protestants
also believe that the Bible, which includes the Old and New Testaments, is the only
true word of God. Due to this reliance on the Bible, nearly every protestant faith,
and even individual, may interpret the Bible differently, which has led to a huge
number of Protestant churches.